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Over 700 Tunisian migrants cross with force the border from Libya

Over 700 Tunisian migrants cross with force the border from Libya

Over 700 Tunisian worker migrants crossed the Ras Jedir border pass between Libya and Tunisia in masse on Monday, after remaining for days in difficult conditions trapped at the crossing due to the measures taken

Workers sufferings in Qatar in coronavirus time !

Workers sufferings in Qatar in coronavirus time !

The Qatari government continues to uphold its position in denying the violations that foreign workers, especially those who work in the 2022 World Cup facilities, are exposed to, but the spread of the Corona virus

How Lack Of Facilities Is Pushing Migrant Workers Out Of Quarantine Centres

How Lack Of Facilities Is Pushing Migrant Workers Out Of Quarantine Centres

Millions of displaced Indians, who had left their villages to come to cities for work, have now fled the cities due to lack of work, owing to the government imposed lockdown.  Many of them have

Coronavirus: How migrant workers in India walked miles to reach home amid lockdown

Coronavirus: How migrant workers in India walked miles to reach home amid lockdown

On 23 March, a nationwide lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of Covid-19. Due to which many migrant laborers in India were suddenly jobless and stranded.  After the coronavirus

Migrant workers forced to work with no safety measure amid coronavirus outbreak in Qatar

Migrant workers forced to work with no safety measure amid coronavirus outbreak in Qatar

The migrant workers’ crisis continues in the Qatari labor camps, amid warnings by human rights organizations ! these camps will turn into a spread machine of the new Corona virus (COVID-19), after discovering 5,000 confirmed

Coronavirus: Why are migrant laborers on a rampage in India even when the government is providing essential items?

Coronavirus: Why are migrant laborers on a rampage in India even when the government is providing essential items?

When the Government of India took measures to contain the virus from spreading at the end of March by ordering a 21-day nationwide lockdown, migrant laborers were one of those who were severely struck. Prime

Coronavirus worsens plight of migrant workers in Qatar, regime priorities business over life

Coronavirus worsens plight of migrant workers in Qatar, regime priorities business over life

Qatar has reported the maximum number coronavirus positive cases among the six Gulf nations, (i.e. over 2000). Yet the nation seems less shaken by the health concerns and more worried about finishing its construction projects

Restrictions in response to COVID-19 are likely to exacerbate conditions of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East

Restrictions in response to COVID-19 are likely to exacerbate conditions of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. Reports of domestic violence have surged globally in

The conditions of migrant workers perceived as potential carriers of the new coronavirus in Kashmir

The conditions of migrant workers perceived as potential carriers of the new coronavirus in Kashmir

With the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Jammu and Kashmir, many migrant workers stranded in the region are making a desperate appeal to the Indian government for food and transportation. Musharraf Shareef, a

Coronavirus pandemic puts millions of jobs in peril

Coronavirus pandemic puts millions of jobs in peril

With the maximum countries under lockdown in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic crisis, the worst-hit are the workers who left their hometowns in remote villages and travelled to urban sectors in search for daily